Basilica of Saint Anne of Auray: Overall view of the church

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posted on 2017-06-30, 00:00 authored by G. Massiot & cie

The second largest pilgrimage site in France after Lourdes, dedicated to Saint Anne. The Basilica and cloister were rebuilt after the French Revolution (1867-1872) replacing a chapel dated ca. 1630 and are part of a larger sanctuary with several other chapels and monuments. Anne of Austria and Louis XIII enriched the sanctuary (the original chapel) with gifts, and in 1641 the Queen obtained from the Pope permission to build a confraternity, which Pius IX raised to the rank of an archconfraternity in 1872.

History

Alt Title

Basilique de Sainte-Anne d'Auray

Date Created

1910-01-01

Date Modified

2017-06-30

Spatial Coverage

+47.7042-2.9528|Sainte-Anne-d'Auray|Sainte-Anne-d'Auray, Brittany, France

Temporal Coverage

before or circa 1910

Cultural Context

['Gothic Revival', 'Nineteenth century']

Rights Statement

To view the physical lantern slide, please contact the Architecture Library.

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Basilicas Architecture

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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

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